On AlterNet: freedom of speech
Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "freedom of speech"
Bill Quigley, AlterNet. September 23, 2009.
The rights to freedom of speech and protest are keystones of democracy. Since 9/11, however, protesting has become much more difficult.
Emily Spence, Consortium News. June 30, 2009.
One needn't return in time to the McCarthy Era to find many individuals who have been investigated and persecuted for holding vilified opinions.
Amanda Terkel, Think Progress AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. December 4, 2008.
"More Internet journalists are jailed worldwide today than journalists working in any other medium."
Rachel Weiner, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. October 31, 2008.
"If anything, Palin has this exactly backwards, since one thing that the First Amendment does actually guarantee is a free press."
Laura Flanders, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. September 19, 2008.
Newly released footage, which was buried to avoid confiscation, shows riot cops arresting and abusing a giant group of people for nothing.
AlterNet Staff, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. August 26, 2008.
Cop slams protester to the ground, then detains her before she can talk to the press.
Guest Blogger, AlterNet: PEEK. June 7, 2007.
Jayne Lyn Stahl: So, now that the left has found religion, the right has found the First Amendment.
Evan Derkacz, AlterNet: PEEK. January 12, 2007.
Like trying to grab water...
